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comparison with bald cypress

...a variety of the bald cypress (
T. distichum, variety
imbricatum); however, it is sometimes considered to be a separate species (
T. ascendens). The closely related Montezuma, or Mexican, cypress (
T. mucronatum) is native to the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala. It is generally considered to be a separate species and is distinguished from the bald cypress by...

record circumference

Records for tree girth (measured a metre or so above the ground) are held by the baobab (
Adansonia digitata) of Africa and the Mexican swamp cypress (
Taxodium mucronatum). The baobab attains a maximum height of about 23 metres (75 feet); its barrel-shaped trunk attains a diameter of more than 5 metres (16 feet), but a few individuals range from 7.7 to 15.9 metres (25 to 53 feet)....